
Seen here is Rodman Dam along the Ocklawaha River. Tree trunks and branches continually pile against the dam’s upstream side. That’s a legacy of the hasty construction of the dam and reservoir in the 1960s that left many trees in the reservoir’s boundary. Photo was taken Aug. 30, 2020. Read series on Florida’s Endangered Rivers at OrlandoSentinel.com/FloridaRivers. (Kevin Spear)